Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her eighth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of growth slowing down to four-year-low of 6.4%. This is the second Budget of the BJP-led NDA Government in its third term in office. Ms. Sitharaman started her speech by saying that this Budget will initiate reforms […]
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s 2025-26 Budget presented on Saturday (February 1, 2025) has left Kerala’s wish-list largely untouched, dashing the State’s hopes for a ₹24,000-crore economic package and a ₹5,000-crore special assistance for the Vizhinjam port project. The State’s demands for a ₹2,000-crore prop-up for the rehabilitation process in landslide-hit Wayanad, an All India […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday (February 1, 2025) said the top 50 tourist destinations in the country will be developed in partnership with states in a “challenge mode”, as she emphasised tourism as a driver of employment-led growth and unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at bolstering infrastructure, skill development and ease of travel. […]
Gig workers will now be provided healthcare under PM Jan Arogya Yojana as per the union budget announcement by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Union Minister on Saturday (February 1, 2025). She also announced that to provide relief to patients, particularly those suffering from cancer, rare diseases, and other severe […]
In the most anticipated announcement this Union Budget 2025, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced there would be no income tax for incomes up to ₹12 lakhs. She termed it as commitment and trust on the middle class. Effectively, under the new tax regime considering the erstwhile standard deduction of ₹75,000, income of up to ₹12.75 […]
Presenting the Union Budget for 2025 in the Parliament on Saturday (February 1, 2025), Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman listed measures to expand affordable housing. Ms. Sitharaman announced that 40,000 units of housing would be completed in 2025-26 to help families which have taken loans to buy apartments, while also paying rents for other dwellings since […]
A tiff between a section of Aavin’s wholesalers and dealers is brewing over an increase in commission, which might affect milk supply in the city in the coming days. Sources say the wholesalers are demanding that they get an additional ₹3 per tub — each with 12 litres of milk — and are threatening dealers […]
The Kochi City police arrested four persons, including a woman, in two separate raids and seized nearly 330 grams of suspected MDMA worth over ₹15 lakh and ₹3 lakh, Oman currency, 6.80 grams of ganja, 4.64 grams of hybrid ganja, and 9.41 grams of hashish oil from a hotel and a house in Mattancherry. The […]
Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde’s customary address to the State Assembly on the opening day of the budget session on Friday was marred by disruptions by the Opposition Congress members. The address was disrupted at least thrice over issues such as water supply in the tribal areas, paper leaks during the government recruitment exams and stampede at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. Congress MLA and […]
Food waste, often dismissed as mere garbage, holds untapped potential as a key resource to tackle both waste management and clean energy generation. And researchers at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) have now turned leftovers into a powerhouse of possibility, unveiling a breakthrough method to produce biohydrogen (bioH₂) from food waste. This sustainable […]
